Glove



Nov. 27, 1928. 1,692,959

4. STEINERT GLOVE Filed July 15, 1926 INVENTOR Patented Nov. 27, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,692,959 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHANN STEINERT, OF CHE-MNI'IZ, GER1V[ANY.

GLOVE.

Application filed July 15, 1926, Serial No. 122,649, and in Germany August 14, 1925 This invention relates to a glove of the kind wherein, in order to avoid the use of fourchettes, the blank is formed with back parts for the second, third and fourth fingers,

with a complete piece for the index-finger and counter-part for the fourth finger, slits which meet at an angle, being made at the base of and between said complete piece and counter-part to allow the material to be p turned back to form the fingers and leave a gap for the reception of separate pieces forming the fronts and sides of the second and third fingers.

The invention consists essentially in making the oblique slits at the base of and between the complete piece and counter-part so as to form a rearwardly pointing angular gap across the second and third fingers at the palm of the glove while the corresponding edges of the flaps follow the obliquity of the dividing surfaces between the fingers of the hand, the corresponding edges of the separate finger pieces being formed by means of triangular incisions.

The invention also consists in the provision of a thumb-piece having at the base a lobeshaped enlargement which terminates at the sides in pointed, forwardly directed projections and which forms, after doubling and stitching, an oval ring reaching to the basal joint of the index. This arrangement has the advantage that the projections of the ring supply the material required for the free spreading movement of the thumb. the usually employed gussets or angular incisions in the glove being obviated, and the thumb-piece, stitched together at the edges from the tip to the points of the projections, can be connected in a convenient manner to the edges of a plain slit in the glove.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a view of the blank,

Figs and 3 are views of the separate finger pieces,

Fig. 4 is a view of the thumb-piece,

Fig. 5, a View ofthe completed thumb. and

Fig. 6, a view of the palm of the completed glove.

The glove is composed of a blank 1 which is formed at one side with back parts 3, 6 and 5 for the fourth, third and second fingers respectively and at the other side with a counter-part 2 for the fourth finger. Be-

tween the parts 2 and 5 there is a complete piece 4 for the index finger. At the base be tween the parts 2 and 4t, oblique slits 9 and 10 are made so as to allow the material to be turned back for forming the fingers. The slits meet at an angle which points in a rearward direction i. e. towards the wrist end of the glove so that the corresponding edges of the turned back flaps will have the same obliquity as the dividing surface between the fingers of the hand. In the completed glove, the gap formed by the slits is situated on the palm across the second and third fingers, as shown in Fig. 6, and these fingers are completed by separate pieces 7 and 8. The edges whereby the latter are connected to each other and to the edges formed by the slits 9 and 7 10 are produced by means of straight-edged angular incisions 11 and 12. The edges formed by the incisions 12 meet for connecting the pieces 7 and 8 together, and those formed by the incisions 11 meet the edges of the slits 9 and 10, the edges 13 and 14-. being situated in the angular gap in the palm of the glove, as shown in Fig. 6. In each instance there is only one seam across the hand between and at the base of the fingers and this seam follows the natural obliquity of the corresponding hand surface.

The thumb-piece 15 is formed at the base with a lobe-shaped enlargement 16 which terminates at the sides in pointed, forwardly directed projections 17. The edges of this thumb-piece, from the tip to the points of the projections, are stitched together before the thumb-piece is attached to the glove, and the enlargement 16 then forms an oval ring about the base of the thumb. The projections 17 supply the material necessary for the free spreading movement of the thumb and reach to the basal joint of the index finger. This arrangement allows the thumb-piece, which in itself is simple, to be conveniently connected to a plain slit 18 in the glove, while a neat fit is obtained.

.I claim:

1. A glove of the character described, com- 1 0 prising a blank which is cut so as to form at one side the back pieces for the second,

third and fourth fingers and at the other side a counter-part for the fourth finger and a complete piece for the index finger, and separate pieces forming the front and sides of the second and third fingers, the blank being slit obliquely at the base of and between said counter-part and complete piece so as to form flaps which, when turned back, coincide with the obliquity of the dividing surface between the fingers of the hand, said separate finger pieces being fonned'awithstnaight edged triangular incisions forming in each case three triangular flaps, the outermost of said-flaps being adapted, when turned back, to. coincide 5 With the obliquity of thedividing surface between the fingers of the hand, the middle flaps of the two pieces being adapted to fill the gap formed by the-slitting of the blank.

2. The combination With the glove claimed neeasse in 'claim 1 0f= -a=thumb-piece:having' a lobeshaped enlargement terminating at the sides to a plain Slit in the glove so that the folding "crease at the base of the thumb Will be situated inside and at a distance from the con- J OHANN STEINERT.

:necting seam. 

